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Now that Western Kentucky has a fancy new coach, it needs a fancy new look to go with him.

Coach Bobby Petrino tweeted out a photo of a chrome – yes, chrome is the new matte – Western Kentucky helmet that the team will wear this upcoming season and asked fans what they thought of the new dome. It has the same design as WKU’s old helmet – plain background with the red WKU towel – only this one is shiny.

What do you think?#WKUFootball twitter.com/CoachPetrinoWK…

— Bobby Petrino (@CoachPetrinoWKU) March 29, 2013

And the kids like shiny.

As we open the Sweet 16 Thursday night, Mike Gundy’s bracket is all but broken.

The Oklahoma State coach took some major risks in his second round, including picking Creighton and Iowa State upsets, and none of them paid off.

Consequently, he’s down 11 points to Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz and five points to LSU’s Les Miles.

Gundy has also lost all but two Final Four teams, and while his champion, Louisville, is still in the mix, there’s not enough points on the board to allow him to pull off some sort of major upset in the Bracket Challenge.

With that said, Les Miles survived the second round with all of his Final Four – Louisville, Ohio State, Indiana and Florida – totally intact. He’s the only coach with all of his Final Four remaining – Miles lost Wisconsin and Georgetown – and therefore the best shot to win it all.

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Dr. Saturday will be looking at the 25 most interesting teams headed into spring football through March, examining which programs have the biggest questions, the most expectations and the best storylines. This isn’t a list of the 25 best teams going into the spring, just the 25 we’re keeping the closest eye on. Previously: Oregon.

What happened in 2012
It’s fair to say that Virginia Tech was one of the nation’s most disappointing teams last year despite finishing with a winning record and going to its 20th consecutive bowl game.

But that’s just not enough anymore.

No, after eight consecutive seasons of 10 or 11 wins, the bar is too high for a 7-6 season to be acceptable in Blacksburg.

There were signs that the 2012 season might be rough when the Hokies struggled to an overtime win against Georgia Tech. The Hokies fell to Pitt, Cincy and North Carolina before struggling with ACC foes Miami, Clemson and Florida State. Virginia Tech hadn’t lost six games since going 2-8 in 1992 and it put coach Frank Beamer squarely on the hot seat.

What makes them interesting in 2013

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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is usually good for a quip or two in the offseason and on Wednesday he did not disappoint.

The Gamecocks held their pro day Wednesday – an event that included a rousing performance from running back Marcus Lattimore – and Spurrier was a little miffed that ESPN chose to attend the pro day of the USC on the West Coast instead of his.

Steve Spurrier: “I noticed both USCs had their pro timing day today. One of them finished No. 7 in the country, the other was not (1/4)

— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) March 27, 2013

Steve Spurrier: “I noticed both USCs had their pro timing day today. One of them finished No. 7 in the country, the other was not (1/4)

— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) March 27, 2013

It’s interesting that (ESPN) doesn’t come around here on signing day, they don’t come around here on pro timing day, and yet (3/4)

— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) March 27, 2013

they want us to play all these Thursday night games. Maybe we need to consider playing on that new network, FoxSports 1" (4/4)

— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) March 27, 2013

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Those who were hoping to see Arkansas and Arkansas State square off in a battle for state supremacy aren’t going to be happy.

A bill in the legislature aimed at forcing the two football programs to play a charity game in Little Rock was tabled in the House Rules Committee, ending the plight of Reps. Andy Mayberry (R-Hensley) and Harold Copenhaver (D-Jonesboro).

Breaking: Rep. Mayberry's bill requiring a UofA ASU game has died in committee. Lots of UofA grads in this committee.

— Janelle Lilley (@KATVLilley) March 27, 2013

While the state of New Jersey continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy, the state school, Rutgers, is doing its part to help.

Rutgers announced on its Twitter feed Tuesday that it’s players would wear special jerseys and helmets during the spring game on April 27 to help raise money for disaster relief. Each jersey will feature the name of one of 90 different town affected by the disaster. The helmets each have the word “STRONG” over a picture of the state of New Jersey.

All proceeds from the game will go to benefit the Sandy Relief Fund.

This isn’t the first relief effort Rutgers has initiated. The university also sold shirt with “R-Strong” printed on them and have raised more than $148,000 for victims from those sales.

This is a touching and unique tribute to a state that's still trying to rebuild. Kudos to Rutgers for supporting their community.

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New Florida wide receivers’ coach Joker Phillips is trying a new recruiting tactic on Twitter and it’s possibly creeping a lot of recruits out.

Phillips, who was fired as the head coach at Kentucky after last season, has linked himself to “The Joker” from the movie franchise Batman. He sent out a tweet Wednesday morning asking recruits to “#ComePlayWRForTheJoker” and attached a photo of Heath Ledger’s Joker character dressed in Florida’s blue and orange.

Yep, it’s as weird and as creepy as it sounds.

No one’s ever going to argue that coaches are in the same shape as the athletes they coach, but in case there was any misconception about that notion, Temple football hosted the “Staff Olympics” (and filmed and posted it) just to drive the point home.

On Monday, the Temple football staff went through a series of drills, including head-to-head races, shuttle runs and pushup challenges just to see which coach would come out supreme.